Scientists found some trees simply aren’t susceptible to the fungus. Researchers isolated the seeds from those trees and grew seedlings in a lab setting. The trees that grew were also resistant to ...
DEAR JESSICA: We have a beautiful weeping cherry on our front lawn, but its leaves are dropping, brown and curled. My husband found some pinkish/reddish “gunk” on a part of the tree, scraped it off ...
Peering up at a towering five needle pine tree in the Tahoe Basin you might not notice they are in danger. Take another look; you might see the man trying to save them. John Pickett, Nevada Fire Safe ...
A lone sugar pine, rising behind a North Shore neighborhood near Brockway Summit, is bursting with yellow-orange blisters ” a sign that the tree will likely die within the coming year. Like the canary ...
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- Trees are under attack by a hard-to-control fungus that's been making the rounds, wiping out beautiful street and backyard pear trees across the area. "You can ...
DEAR JESSICA: I have a question about your column of Aug. 19, where you mention that the fungus that causes rust disease can be cured by getting rid of junipers, which host the fungus. I have two ...
The U.S. Forest Service is growing "elite" whitebark pine trees to improve the chances of survival of the key high-elevation species, which blister rust is wiping out in the Northern Rockies. "It's ...